I will be the first to say MySQL is an alter boy compared to the man that is PostgreSQL.
Sun has been supporting Postgres for a while now - the problem is there is no company to buy.
I think you nailed it in that MySQL has more proliferation the way visual basic macros are used by project managers in Excel: people used it because it was easy, not necessarily correct or compliant. Now when people need MySQL support they will be going to sun. All the google's and facebook's of the world are now, de facto bed-buddies with Sun. This was a brilliant strategic move.
I expect PostgreSQL adoption to skyrocket in the next 5 years.
That 4MB was from an old dev article. my bad! It's surely not the factious 500MB behemoth the other poster mentioned...
You are 100% correct on the C code speed comment. However, my point is that with all that optimization you need to do work to move it from one platform to the next. While JITs have been getting faster, and CPUs keep getting faster, the value proposition to write uber-fast C code instead of spending more time on application features is shrinking.......
Now seriously, why should I feel obligated to make my iPod, that I designed and developed, slice bread and change my car's oil? You don't like the features my product has, either choose another or make your own. Just because my product is popular does NOT mean I have to change it to cater to you.
This is the first time a companies public marketing image is different from their practice? What chocolate pixie-ridden fairly-land are you from?(*cough*Big Tobacco*cough**cough*)
I've heard rumors of GD domain "tasting" for the past 18 months, maybe longer. If true, it's pretty pathetic that they need to do that in order to make money.
Kidding aside, everything from that trailer is using the in-game engine. Everything. zero CGI. I don't think people realize this.
You new fruity console lovers can keep your Master Chef and his queer-eye costume. His food sucks and the only thing he has is a decent story-line. I'll take Duke, a shotgun, pipe bombs and strippers any day of the week.
Jetpack with pipebombs - the absolute best way to make your opponents squeal like babies.
Run child, run for your life.....
He's coming in '08 to kick some ass and chew some bubblegum, and I took his last piece of gum.
IMO, Sun is one of the only companies left innovating.
-Google is just rehashing old ideas.(Gmail? come on....I had webmail 10 years ago.) -Oracle(eh... RDBMS v45.2 anyone?) -IBM(If I see one more pointless black-and-white commercial about "ideas" I'm going to scream. IBM should listen to their marketing department and instead of telling us to "Stop thinking, start doing" they should create something that isn't AIX)
And, I will be the lone voice and dare to say that Microsoft, yes them, has a few teams that are starting to 'get it'. Apple is doing a great job with human-computer interaction.
I had a c64 as my first computer - with the carts it took. I still remember playing various Carmen Sandiago games on it.
Then I got an Amiga 1000; this is the computer that changed my life. 16-bit sound, great graphics, and an OS that loaded from 2 floppies (DS/DD) into 512k of RAM. If you take off the cover, you can see in the mold where all the people that went into building the 1000 had their signatures etched on the underside. All those cinemaware games: defender of the crown, SDI, Rocket Ranger, Lords of the Rising Sun, the 3 stooges. Those were games. Brilliant games. It has always seemed to me that something was lost between now and then. All the games today feel the same, where those older titles each were unique unto themselves.
I also connected to my first BBS on that 1000 with its 1200-baud modem. I still remember being to tell through the speaker what speed I would end up getting when the connection finished. The local store that sold amiga's was the Slipped Disk. Being an 8-yr old kid going through their cases of Public Domain software for hours on end. They also had auctions - real-live auctions every few months where the store would be packed with people bidding on all sorts of peripherals. Joysticks, steering wheels, light guns, various versions of Deluxe Paint and the oh-so-cool Video Toaster.
I can't help but think my reflections on the Amiga are nostalgia because I'm getting older, while a part of me wants to believe that things were really better back then, and that we lost something along the way...
The point was, in short that "Excellent test-results, you must've worked really hard!" is better feedback than "Excellent test-results, you are clearly talented".
The hypothesis is that the former instills the idea that results are had by hard work, while the latter gives the idea that inborn talent is the primary decider of outcome. Children who hear the latter often tend to give up more easily when something -isn't- easy.
Because they think the problem is they're not smart enough.
Children in the first group don't give up that quick; they're more likely to think the problem is they've not been giving it enough effort.
The second thinking is more fruitful than the first. No, I did not read the article nor is it required to read someone's comment, that references nothing in the article, and reply. If you read the parent that I replied to, my comment will make more sense.
I take issue with the fact that people think always saying "well, better luck next time.." is _always_ the correct approach. Did the Man's daughter fair better with oil on her face opposed to telling her ahead of time? Often children would _still_ make the mistake even when being told of the consequences; there is value in this approach as well.
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I will be the first to say MySQL is an alter boy compared to the man that is PostgreSQL.
Sun has been supporting Postgres for a while now - the problem is there is no company to buy.
I think you nailed it in that MySQL has more proliferation the way visual basic macros are used by project managers in Excel: people used it because it was easy, not necessarily correct or compliant. Now when people need MySQL support they will be going to sun. All the google's and facebook's of the world are now, de facto bed-buddies with Sun. This was a brilliant strategic move.
I expect PostgreSQL adoption to skyrocket in the next 5 years.
Regards,
Sun is the 2000 version of Bell Labs.
Google just makes beta applications.
Regards,
That 4MB was from an old dev article. my bad! It's surely not the factious 500MB behemoth the other poster mentioned...
You are 100% correct on the C code speed comment. However, my point is that with all that optimization you need to do work to move it from one platform to the next. While JITs have been getting faster, and CPUs keep getting faster, the value proposition to write uber-fast C code instead of spending more time on application features is shrinking.......
Regards,
Really? So I guess you read the link I posted where it says you can use:
AWK, Beanshell, ejs, FreeMarker, Groovy, jaskell, java, javascript, jelly, jep, jexl, jst, judoscript, juel, ognl, pnuts, python, ruby, scheme, sleep, tcl, velocity, xpath, xslt
So many problems, so little time..
The consumer JRE is ~4MB.
I can also write Java code that runs faster than C code on a 4 year old JVM!!
Now please, go back to your Visual Studio and let us adults get back to the convo.
Regards,
Not a troll.
Java has a scripting extension. No, not Javascript(only), but you can plug various Scripting languages into it, or use Judo which is the real endgame for this problem.
I am a company.
I design a product to my specs.
QED
Now seriously, why should I feel obligated to make my iPod, that I designed and developed, slice bread and change my car's oil? You don't like the features my product has, either choose another or make your own. Just because my product is popular does NOT mean I have to change it to cater to you.
Regards,
This is the first time a companies public marketing image is different from their practice? What chocolate pixie-ridden fairly-land are you from?(*cough*Big Tobacco*cough**cough*)
I've heard rumors of GD domain "tasting" for the past 18 months, maybe longer. If true, it's pretty pathetic that they need to do that in order to make money.
For $15/mth you can get hosted sharepoint. Fully managed, you just point your app at it, login, and you get all the bells and whistles MS Office has.
The idea you need "full-time IT" for most Microsoft products is a fallacy.
I'm pretty sure it does, but thanks. :)
I don't know about you, but my squirrelmail install has had IMAP account support for about a decade now...
every one of those ports is looked down upon.
you mean Jon St. John.
Kidding aside, everything from that trailer is using the in-game engine. Everything. zero CGI. I don't think people realize this.
You new fruity console lovers can keep your Master Chef and his queer-eye costume. His food sucks and the only thing he has is a decent story-line. I'll take Duke, a shotgun, pipe bombs and strippers any day of the week.
Jetpack with pipebombs - the absolute best way to make your opponents squeal like babies.
Run child, run for your life.....
He's coming in '08 to kick some ass and chew some bubblegum, and I took his last piece of gum.
Regards,
(4) bonded NICs/server
(1) Procurve gigE switch w/Jumbo frames turned on
(many) SAS drives
and we can, in production, have 4Gb throughput on our iSCSI SAN.
Tell me again where this "throughput" is hiding?
Regards,
I've had this position for about 2 years now.
IMO, Sun is one of the only companies left innovating.
-Google is just rehashing old ideas.(Gmail? come on....I had webmail 10 years ago.)
-Oracle(eh... RDBMS v45.2 anyone?)
-IBM(If I see one more pointless black-and-white commercial about "ideas" I'm going to scream. IBM should listen to their marketing department and instead of telling us to "Stop thinking, start doing" they should create something that isn't AIX)
And, I will be the lone voice and dare to say that Microsoft, yes them, has a few teams that are starting to 'get it'. Apple is doing a great job with human-computer interaction.
Show me new, for I am tired of your old.
My Bad! I was having a moment....
I had a c64 as my first computer - with the carts it took. I still remember playing various Carmen Sandiago games on it.
Then I got an Amiga 1000; this is the computer that changed my life. 16-bit sound, great graphics, and an OS that loaded from 2 floppies (DS/DD) into 512k of RAM. If you take off the cover, you can see in the mold where all the people that went into building the 1000 had their signatures etched on the underside. All those cinemaware games: defender of the crown, SDI, Rocket Ranger, Lords of the Rising Sun, the 3 stooges. Those were games. Brilliant games. It has always seemed to me that something was lost between now and then. All the games today feel the same, where those older titles each were unique unto themselves.
I also connected to my first BBS on that 1000 with its 1200-baud modem. I still remember being to tell through the speaker what speed I would end up getting when the connection finished. The local store that sold amiga's was the Slipped Disk. Being an 8-yr old kid going through their cases of Public Domain software for hours on end. They also had auctions - real-live auctions every few months where the store would be packed with people bidding on all sorts of peripherals. Joysticks, steering wheels, light guns, various versions of Deluxe Paint and the oh-so-cool Video Toaster.
I can't help but think my reflections on the Amiga are nostalgia because I'm getting older, while a part of me wants to believe that things were really better back then, and that we lost something along the way...
Chairs.
Everyone knows that.
The point was, in short that "Excellent test-results, you must've worked really hard!" is better feedback than "Excellent test-results, you are clearly talented".
The hypothesis is that the former instills the idea that results are had by hard work, while the latter gives the idea that inborn talent is the primary decider of outcome. Children who hear the latter often tend to give up more easily when something -isn't- easy.
Because they think the problem is they're not smart enough.
Children in the first group don't give up that quick; they're more likely to think the problem is they've not been giving it enough effort.
The second thinking is more fruitful than the first. No, I did not read the article nor is it required to read someone's comment, that references nothing in the article, and reply. If you read the parent that I replied to, my comment will make more sense.
I take issue with the fact that people think always saying "well, better luck next time.." is _always_ the correct approach. Did the Man's daughter fair better with oil on her face opposed to telling her ahead of time? Often children would _still_ make the mistake even when being told of the consequences; there is value in this approach as well.
At what point is enough enough? At what point do we stop covering things in foam?
Mod Parent up. God, someone that is prgamatic is refreshing around here...
Chairs.
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Do the rocks have a large iron content? I wonder how the magnetic fields are in the area...